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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 26, 2015 13:43:34 GMT -5
Or, as they would say at Wisconsin and Nebraska, an off-night. Good shot. Pac-12 volleyball attendance has collapsed, and with no way to resist the Pac-12 Network's absurd schedules to keep fans coming back, no relief is in sight. WBB has Sunday afternoon as a base, but attendance at Stanford WVB's Sunday afternoon games has been consistently poor even before the Pac-12 Network era. Friday seven-ish and Saturday seven-ish was the key to drawing well. Yes, the Fri/Sat schedule was much better for attendance.
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 26, 2015 13:46:56 GMT -5
I bet if tomclen checked, he'd find he had both Pac-12 WA and the Pac-12 national network in SD and only Pac-12 WA in HD. That is pretty standard for Comcast in Pac-12 territory. Partly because my cable box and TV aren't giving me a usable picture for whatever sliced-and-diced image Comcast is getting for "SD", I watch the Pac-12 national network on line, which is far better than what I am now getting on TV. I despise being forced to watch stretched images, either on cable or in hotels where perfectly good adjustments to have vertical bars on the sides for 4 by 3 traditional TV images are turned off so that clueless guests won't whine to the front desk: instead, it is people like me who end up whining. No. It all depends on your TV provider, but here if you have Comcast and you have the "Digital Starter" package (what used to be known as "basic cable") you do have PAC12-WA but you don't have PAC-12 National. And that's the same in SD or HD.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 26, 2015 14:31:08 GMT -5
Sybeldon is UW's "star". She's leading the nation in hitting percentage by 24 points and is leading the Pac-12 in blocks/set (conference-only). It would not be an injustice. I do agree that Bricio is the clear favorite, but if USC fails to make it to the Final Four, it won't be so certain. You mean 2.4 "basis" points, if what you want to say is .024%. What is her blocks/set average? Yes, .024% - .479 compared to .455 for Haleigh Washington. Alhassan is hitting .428, or 51 (percentage) points behind Sybeldon. Prior to the season everybody was talking about Washington and Alhassan, but nobody (except UW fans) was talking about Sybeldon. She's getting 1.45 blocks/set (conference-only matches) to lead the Pac-12, one of the two toughest conferences. Ogoms is second at 1.34. Sybeldon also led the Pac-12 in blocking last year, so this is nothing new. Sybeldon also leads her team with 2.82 kills/set (conference-only), with five others hitting between 1.93 and 2.68 kills/set. If UW makes it to the Final Four, it will likely be as the #1 AVCA ranked team - NPOY is an AVCA award. As I said, Bricio is the clear favorite, but if you're going to bring others into the conversation, Sybeldon belongs in it.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 26, 2015 14:37:35 GMT -5
I bet if tomclen checked, he'd find he had both Pac-12 WA and the Pac-12 national network in SD and only Pac-12 WA in HD. That is pretty standard for Comcast in Pac-12 territory. Partly because my cable box and TV aren't giving me a usable picture for whatever sliced-and-diced image Comcast is getting for "SD", I watch the Pac-12 national network on line, which is far better than what I am now getting on TV. Comcast is getting Pac-12 National in HD, but rebroadcasting it in SD only, at least here in Seattle - in order to get the SD rebroadcast, you have to step up a tier.
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Post by deacondive on Nov 26, 2015 15:15:57 GMT -5
Nguamo was a major upgrade back there too I'm talking about Formico, Inouye, Drolson trio. All three would be starting liberos in most schools. Formico's the best digger in the Pac, maybe the country. I know you were. But the right side digging and setting made the difference tonight. Nguamo and Muno talked quite a bit.
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Post by jgrout on Nov 26, 2015 15:25:28 GMT -5
I bet if tomclen checked, he'd find he had both Pac-12 WA and the Pac-12 national network in SD and only Pac-12 WA in HD. That is pretty standard for Comcast in Pac-12 territory. Partly because my cable box and TV aren't giving me a usable picture for whatever sliced-and-diced image Comcast is getting for "SD", I watch the Pac-12 national network on line, which is far better than what I am now getting on TV. Comcast is getting Pac-12 National in HD, but rebroadcasting it in SD only, at least here in Seattle - in order to get the SD rebroadcast, you have to step up a tier. That may be what I have here. SD rebroadcast = waste of time (when HD is available online). What I have read is that if you have any Pac-12 Network channel on your cable or satellite provider, and they do authentication, you can get all seven of them online or on your mobile device.
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Post by 10K on Nov 26, 2015 15:34:58 GMT -5
Heartbreaking match for the Women of Troy VB team. Here's a 13 minute post game press conference posted on the USC Athletics YouTube page with Elise Ruddins, Taylor Whittingham and Coach Haley. Good that the team is spending Thanksgiving together: volunteering, practice, and then a potluck.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 26, 2015 16:07:48 GMT -5
Comcast is getting Pac-12 National in HD, but rebroadcasting it in SD only, at least here in Seattle - in order to get the SD rebroadcast, you have to step up a tier. That may be what I have here. SD rebroadcast = waste of time (when HD is available online). What I have read is that if you have any Pac-12 Network channel on your cable or satellite provider, and they do authentication, you can get all seven of them online or on your mobile device. Yes, if you authenticate, you can get all seven channels at Pac-12 Live (desktop/laptop) or Pac-12 Now (mobile). I use Chromecast to "cast" any of the seven channels to my big screen (if the stream quality allows it).
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Post by canda on Nov 26, 2015 16:45:40 GMT -5
I'm talking about Formico, Inouye, Drolson trio. All three would be starting liberos in most schools. Formico's the best digger in the Pac, maybe the country. I know you were. But the right side digging and setting made the difference tonight. Nguamo and Muno talked quite a bit. I've watched every team in the BIG play this year. Formico is a better digger than anyone in the BIG, which has some great diggers.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 26, 2015 16:46:06 GMT -5
I think this loss can be either good or bad for USC:
Good: The target is off their back. They can now just play volleyball and not worry about external expectations.
Bad: It could lead to a loss of confidence going into the Tourney. The UW and UCLA losses were very similar. Both served tough, targeting USC's weak-link in serve-receive, Ford, and taking her almost entirely out of the offense. Johnson was also a non-factor hitting in both losses. The Achilles' heel of a fast offense (and especially a fast 6-2 offense) is the passing.
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Post by tomclen on Nov 26, 2015 17:51:26 GMT -5
Mick is a smart guy and great coach. He probably remembers 2005 very well.
UW was at the top of the heap in the Pac-12 on November 12, 2005 when they went to LA to play UCLA. They had a perfect record of 23-0 and were 14-0 in the Pac. They lost to UCLA in 5. 5th set was 15-13!
Washington didn't lose another set the rest of the regular season and then went on the road for the ENTIRE tournament and never dropped a set.
USC's circumstances are not identical, but JMac said more than once that the loss to UCLA put the team back on track.
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Post by bigdfromla on Nov 26, 2015 18:57:08 GMT -5
In regards to last night's game, there didn't seem to be very many UCLA fans, maybe less than 5%. It seems that USC is more popular among "casual L.A. fans" (non students/non-alumni types) than UCLA. I think that is entirely due to the Pete Carroll-USC football era which greatly increased USC's sports popularity across the region. Football has the power to do that. USC under Paul Hackett (before Carroll) was in a period of decline and wasn't popular. UCLA is coming out of a period of a lack of overall success for both its football and basketball teams. John Wooden retired 40 years ago. Jim Mora is just starting to rejuvinate UCLA football, so maybe their popularity will grow, but they will need more time and football championships.
I have the perfect set up with Time Warner Cable...Pac-12 Network national and all six regional networks in HD, plus the Big 10 and SEC Networks.
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Post by kokyu on Nov 26, 2015 19:43:24 GMT -5
Haven't most of SC's home matches been sparsely attended? Thought it had more to do with Thanksgiving eve driving casual spectators.
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Post by tomclen on Nov 26, 2015 19:59:42 GMT -5
From USC Twitter feed; 'The Trojans teamed up with some new friends to help serve food on skid row today."
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 26, 2015 21:56:36 GMT -5
Mick is a smart guy and great coach. He probably remembers 2005 very well. UW was at the top of the heap in the Pac-12 on November 12, 2005 when they went to LA to play UCLA. They had a perfect record of 23-0 and were 14-0 in the Pac. They lost to UCLA in 5. 5th set was 15-13! Washington didn't lose another set the rest of the regular season and then went on the road for the ENTIRE tournament and never dropped a set. USC's circumstances are not identical, but JMac said more than once that the loss to UCLA put the team back on track. UW definitely got the monkey off their back. Nebraska had to wait until the Final. Everybody but Washington thought Nebraska couldn't lose, then they did, 0-3. UW didn't dominate, but simply played well in all areas, while Nebraska didn't. That Nebraska team was the last team to not use a libero. You could say that Washington proved the value of the libero.
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